# Amputations at Southern Hens, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077793` · 7/31/2018 · MOSELLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Hens, Inc.
- **Location:** 329 Moselle Seminary Road, MOSELLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39459
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had her right hand in a bird carcass, cutting it with a bone saw, when the saw amputated the tip of her index finger and the first digit of her middle finger. She was wearing a wire mesh glove at the time of the incident.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*